A ladder leans against a building forming an angle of 50° with the ground. The base of the ladder is 8 feet from the building. What is the length of the ladder?

The correct answer is 12.446 feet.

Step-by-step explanation:

A ladder leans against a building forming an angle of 50° with the ground.

The base of the given ladder is 8 feet away from the building.

Let the length of the ladder that is to be found be x feet.

Thus we find the cosine of the angle of inclination.

∴ cos 50° =

⇒ x = 12.446 feet

Therefore the length of the ladder is 12.446 feet.

x > 1.3

step by step:

8.5−0.9x> 9.8−1.9x

step 1: simplify both sides of the inequality.

−0.9x+8.5> −1.9x+9.8

step 2: add 1.9x to both sides.

−0.9x+8.5+1.9x> −1.9x+9.8+1.9x

1x+8.5> 9.8

step 3: subtract 8.5 from both sides.

1x+8.5−8.5> 9.8−8.5

1x> 1.3

step 4: divide both sides by 1.

1x/1 > 1.3/1

the answer is 13/48

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